Management Education and Research in Japan : Its Current Status and Future Direction

Abstract

The beginning was education of merchants to give them practical knowledge of trades. Hitotsubashi was the first school in the nation established more than

100 years ago. There still remains many courses reminiscent of this origin. As a countermove against too practical and fragmented orientation, there arose

major efforts to make business administration or commerce more scientific, theoretical and 'academic'. Japanese scholars were thus attracted to German

academics. The surge was about 70 years ago.